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son and Arnold as secretaries.
After the call. showing nnety-fOur men,
beas present, there was loud applause and
Representative Morrison at once moved to
proceed to the nomination of candidate for
United States senator. 1t was agreed to,
and Senator Daniels arose to make the NOM
nation. 1t was a mistake to assign to
MN so important task. He was not
equal to it and exhausted the patience of
the convention, and when, near the close of
his remarks he paused, and some one called
question" the effect was electrical and
the applause uprUarious Daniels was
somewhat disconnected, but stood his
ground and finished. His speech was
buhdle OF platitudes and attempts at pretty
phrases. Mr.. Daniels has the manner and
tone of Methodist camp meeting preacher,
and is much better fitted for that field. He
alluded to Davis eminent fitness, which,
he said. was recognized everywhere; traced
his pedigree back to the days of his
abolition forefathers; painted in glowing
colors his valiant services during the war
on the tented field, in the camp, around the
camp-fre-with the rebel yell in front and
the copperhead yell behind. Republican
ism, the speaker declared. permeated every
pore OF Davis body. and that was the kind
of a Republican he liked to present. The
death of Logan, he said, made vacancy
which Davis would have to fill. This pro-
voked loud applause. Mr.. Daniels then
referred 10
DAVIS RESEMBLANCE TO BUTLER
in jocular way, and told all amusing an
ecdote about an Irishman who wanted to be
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devil would never think Of coming there to
find him. Then the cry of question dis
concerted him, and he skipped portion of
the manuscript and closed.
Senator Ward. without rising from his
seat, seconded the motion.
The hearty applause that followed was
construed as an indication by the conven-
tion and lobby that no more speech making
was wanted, but Representative Mattson
was loaded and he had to fire off his charge.
de read from manuscript also. His al
luSiOn TO the election of Sabin as bowling
down to the golden calf was greeted with
applause. The speaker claimed that Davis
position on the tariff had been grossly mis-
represented. He asserted that Davis was
sound on the tariff, and an advocate of the
rights of the farmers and laboring men.
The speechmaking seemed to stimulate
Representative Ward, and he threw his
good intentions to the winds. He took the
floor and made an elaborate Grafton, rails
ing the temperature inside of five minutes
to 700 above zero. His eulogy of Davis
was one Of the sweetest, and most seductive,
and most enhancing ever heard i'll the
Northwest. 1t was 95 per cent. refined
sugar and 10 per cent. drippings of i'm
ported honey, Smeared on piece Of mo-
laSseS cake three or four inches deep. 1t
was, IN fact. just too sweet for anything.
Davis was daring soldier, an able lawyer.
statesman, a scholar-the greatest man of
the age. He was man with whom, in
comparison, Addison would sink into insig-
nificance. Ward said he had delved in the
depths OF the middle ages and searched
among the works of the philosophers of the
world and he never yet had found the equal
OF Davis. Although he was an older man
than Davis, he went to him and sat at his
feet and absorbed wisdom. He went to
him to learn the truths he Davis had gath
cred from the books. He turned to Davis
when he wanted to know anything intri-
cate, because Davis could tell him what
was what. He certainly would regret it if,
on the 18th OF January, when the houses
met in joint session to elect a senator, a
single vote-Democratic or Republican,
would be cast against him. Make his cleo
tion unanimous
MN1ILLAN STEPS OUT.
At this point letter from Senator Nc
MILAN addressed : Se1ator Finseth (the
original MchtTiian fnan, was read. The
senator thanked his friends for their SUPPORT
and asked that his name be not considered.
There was loud clapping of hands. and Sen
ator Finseth arose. formally Withdrew Sen
ator McMillan's name and moved that the
nomination of Davis be made bv
acclamation. Representative Potter objected
and wanted the roll called so that all the
members could be placed on record. When
the clerk called Donnelly's name the sage
was evidently in brown study and did not
hear what was said. The clerk waited few
seconds and then called out again, Don
nelly" The big man from Dakota reused
himself suddenly, glanced around him and
then replied; &c. X. Davis" II took the
house by storm. The peculiar hitch in an
swering-causing a brief pause-tu. ned the
attention Of the large crowd to Donnelly.
and when he did answer there was a burst
OF applause that fairly shook
the house. 1t was long con-
tinued and Donnelly was compelled
to rise and acknowledge it, After he
seated nilllSelI tnere Was another round of
applause and loud calls for a speech. But
Chairman Comstock decided that the call
ing of the roll must be proceeded with.
When the name Of Crandall, of Steele, was
called, he arose and cast his vote for Cor
don E. Cole. There was a hustle of sur
prise and astonishment. and Crandall arose
again and said: Il know it is as unsolic-
tied as it is unavailing." When the vote
was announced-93 for Davis and 1 for
Cole-the members and the spectators made
the house ring with cheers and hand-cap-
ping. Senator Finseth moved to make
the nomination unanimous. CrandaiI
insisted that. as he was the only man who
voted against Davis, he was the proper one
to make the motion, and he did so. The
motion was enthusiastically adopted. Rep
resentatiye Rogers then asked for the unan-
imous passage of a resolution rendering to
Senator Mcmillan an expression of ap-
proyal of his course IN congress and assur-
ing him of the confidence and esteem of his
constituents. This was carried, amid slight
applause, and then calls were made for
Donnelly. He arose, amid another storm
OF hand clapping and cheers, and said:
THE SAGE CRATES.
Amid Great EHthusiasm T1r. Don.
nelly Talks To the Caucus.
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